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Category Archives: Mark’s Blog
Stephen Covey’s Legacy
I just wrote a post at my leadership blog on my initial reflections upon the death of Stephen Covey. Please read my post — or read Covey’s book. Better yet, imagine what would happen if we all devoted time, energy, … Continue reading
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A Strange Job to Love
I affectionately describe my new job as “the guy who writes those boring reports.” While “boring reports” identifies how some might feel about my responsibility, I actually see it very differently. In June, I began a part time job at … Continue reading
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Is this your hope? I hope so :)
Overheard at Greek Devotions: “Hope is disciplined waiting with full expectation of receiving.” This reminds us that hope is much more than wishing, it is waiting. And hope pushes us to not only wait on occasion, but to discipline ourselves … Continue reading
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Ordinary Churches Do Extaordinary Kindnesses
“When a refugee friend came to us to ask for a job, we called our church. They hired him as a janitor on the spot. When we found out that man’s wife made jewelry, our church bought the supplies for … Continue reading
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The Job of Answering Questions
Gordon McDonald’s review of the biography of Steve Jobs challenged me. The whole article is good, and McDonald closes each observation with discussion questions that could inspire fruitful discussions with your family or church leadership team. Apparently, Jobs was … Continue reading
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What is In in?
This morning I was privileged to participate in group devotions — in Greek! We studied the first fifteen verses of Ephesians with plenty of parsing, computer programs, and grammatical analysis. However, the Greek is very much like the English (what … Continue reading
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Short-term Mountains
On Sunday, I taught about the transfiguration of Jesus (Luke 9:28-36). What joy James, John, and Peter felt when they saw Jesus in all his glory! Unfortunately, in the next story, they walk down the mountain and face a problem … Continue reading
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Ukuleles and Ordinary Shepherds
Our church’s children’s program featured a Ukulele Angel Choir this year! The charming Christmas play also featured the typical church kids-turned-shepherds for a day. They were not polished actors, but they told the story. Actually, I believe they told the … Continue reading
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Siblings, Not Rivals
Here is Mark’s annual Christmas Clip. (insert cliche about harmony comes from different people working as a team here) What really caught my eye was the 5 sibling’s response to Ann Curry’s question about sibling rivalry. “We’re not competing on … Continue reading
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God is No Longer Part of My Life
Today’s WordAction’s Sunday paper, Standard, includes excerpts from Wesley Tracy’s Younger Than I Used to Be. He shocks with the title (“God is no longer part of my life”), then convicts with “an epiphany explodes when it dawns on you … Continue reading
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